This article is the first in a series on the environmental costs of America’s last remaining alumina refinery. GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial ...

Fungus is usually a good sign of things going bad. But it can also indicate good things happening to very bad stuff. For Audrey Speyer, founder of PuriFungi, seeing fungi blooming on cigarette butts ...

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a situation ...

Federal and state officials say the temporary sites for processing hazardous waste pose no threat, but residents are worried about their air and water. By Kate Selig Jesus Jiménez and Mimi Dwyer Kate ...

AL.com worked with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to report on how Wisconsin is sending its toxic PFAS waste to a landfill in the Alabama Black Belt. Here are seven takeaways. 1.

For two weeks, officials have largely declined to answer questions about where wildfire debris will end up. The Times has identified seven landfills that have taken steps to accept this waste.

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township in Michigan about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a ...

California shouldn’t weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and hazardous facilities in ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating ...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY (KCAL, KCBS) — The 30-day deadline to clear the toxic debris from the Los Angeles wildfires has sparked health concerns in the communities near the burn scars. “For the President to ...

BELLEVILLE, MI — Michigan lawmakers and local officials are crying foul over plans to ship radioactive leftovers from the Manhattan Project to a landfill in Wayne County. Approximately 6,000 cubic ...